I'm doing a bit of a disk cleanup, and was surprised to find that my iPhoto library was a whopping 83gig. From what I understand iPhoto keeps a jpeg copy of each RAW photo in your library (but I could be wrong).
A lot of this space is because the images are in RAW format.
Is there a way to either:
- easily convert the raw photos to jpeg and remove the raw image file
- remove the raw files and keep iPhoto's Jpeg version.
It would be awesome if this was a built in iPhoto feature, or a free app which does a little clean up for you. I have no need for the RAW files, but I don't want to lose the jpeg version.
Best Answer
No there isn't. Pretty much the point of iPhoto is that it treats the original file as a "digital negative" and the non-destructive editing feature is based on that. So, iPhoto (and Aperture) never perform any operations on the Original, only on a copy.
It doesn't make multiple versions, tho. There's only one edited version.
What you can do: Export the Edited Versions. Delete the photos from iPhoto. Re-import the edited versions. You'll lose a lot - not least the ability to edit non-destructively - but if that's what you want.
A better solution is to use an app that does what you want - that is, edit the pics directly.
You know that you can store an entire iPhoto Library on a disk formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled)?